A new tool called Local MCP (LMCP) gives AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to desktop apps including Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Teams, Outlook, and Excel — all running locall…
GitHub deprecated GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex across most Copilot experiences on June 5, 2026, with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex as suggested replacements. The models remain available for Copilot code revi…
GitHub has launched a public preview of enterprise-managed plugins for VS Code, allowing administrators to configure and distribute plugins to users across their enterprise. The feature, supported in …
The owner of the Mantine-datatable repository and four others had their GitHub account suspended after unauthorized commits injected malicious payloads into configuration files for VS Code, Cursor, an…
GitHub Copilot now offers one-million-token context windows and configurable reasoning levels, enabling users to work across larger codebases and tackle complex multi-file projects. The features, avai…
JackHamr has launched a cloud-based platform that provides hosted development environments and autonomous AI agents capable of building, testing, and shipping code from a single task specification. Th…
A 2026 comparison of AI coding assistants Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor finds each tool suited to different workflows, with Copilot offering the widest model selection and Claude Code emphas…
A developer created a per-project Obsidian vault system committed alongside code in Git, enabling GitHub Copilot to maintain full project context across sessions. The setup includes a `.obsidian-vault…
AI is not a threat to developers' skills but rather the latest in a long history of abstraction layers that have repeatedly reshaped the profession, argues a developer. Each technological leap—from as…
GitHub released the May 2026 updates for Copilot in Visual Studio Code, introducing the Agents window as a stable preview feature for task-oriented coding and expanding bring-your-own-key (BYOK) model…
A developer is building an autonomous racing agent for the TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) simulator, aiming to complete a clean lap around the Corkscrew track without crashing. The project will…
GitHub deprecated the GPT-4.1 model across all Copilot experiences on June 1, 2026, directing users to migrate to GPT-5.5 as the suggested alternative. Enterprise administrators must enable access to …
At Microsoft Build 2026, GitHub launched the GitHub Copilot app, an agent-native desktop experience that allows developers to start work in VS Code or the CLI and finish it from their phone. The relea…
A developer used Claude to build MediaNote, a note-taking extension for VS Code that organizes image, video, and audio copy-pasting more efficiently than the built-in markdown module. The extension al…
Cline released an open-source TypeScript SDK for embedding its agent runtime into custom scripts, products, and CI workflows. The SDK allows developers to build focused agentic applications, such as a…
Cursor and Copilot have evolved significantly since 2024, with both tools now supporting agent mode, Model Context Protocol, and persistent project-level instructions. A developer demonstrated that wr…
A developer spent 30 days rotating between GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code on real production code spanning TypeScript/React, Python, Solidity, and infrastructure-as-code. Cursor won for inlin…
A reusable workflow has been released to help AI coding agents in VS Code conduct structured repository audits using the Awesome Copilot extension. The workflow guides agents to inspect a repository's…
Kilo Code, an open-source coding agent that began as a VS Code extension, has surpassed 3 million downloads and processed over 40 trillion tokens in its first year. The project's rapid growth exposed …
Developer Augustine has launched Cloudpen, a browser-based cloud IDE that consolidates code editing, terminal access, one-click deployment, AI assistance, and team collaboration into a single $12 mont…